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Category: Exchange 2010

  • First look: HP E5000 Messaging System

    On January 21, I blogged about the joint HP-Microsoft announcement of the HP E5000, the first messaging appliance-type system specifically designed to run Exchange 2010. This week I’ve had the chance to spend some time in Cupertino, CA working with HP and Microsoft representatives from the team that created the…

  • Exchange 2010 Public Folders: Part 2

    This content comes from a chapter removed from my book Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out, also available at Amazon.co.uk (including a Kindle edition). The first part of the chapter is available in this post. Now let’s get on with some more discussion about public folders. Creating new replicas The default…

  • Exchange 2010 Maestro training in San Diego, London, and Greenwich, CT

    **** Registration now open **** See details below **** Paul Robichaux and I will be running three more Exchange 2010 Maestro seminars in San Diego, London (UK), and Greenwich, CT in May, June, and October. The site that we use for enrollment isn’t quite ready yet, but you can register to receive…

  • Exchange 2010 Public Folders: Part 1

    This content comes from a chapter removed from my book Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out, also available at Amazon.co.uk (including a Kindle edition). For space reasons to keep the book to a reasonable size, the chapter on public folders was removed. This probably made sense as the book should really…

  • Super deal: Exchange 2010 Best Practices and Inside Out bundle

    Amazon.com has released the Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Kit: Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out & Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Best Practices books priced at $56.69. This seems like a great price for two books covering Exchange 2010 in more than reasonable depth! I don’t see similar pricing available in…

  • Predictions for 2011: The Exchange Market

    On Tuesday, I had an interesting call with Matt Gervais of TechTarget to discuss my views on what will happen for the Exchange market in 2011. Matt is busy talking to some other folks and will share his best assessment of the distilled wisdom of the oracles in an article…

  • First appearance of an Exchange 2010 Messaging Appliance

    On January 19, 2011 HP and Microsoft announced the HP E5000 Messaging System for Microsoft Exchange. The name is a mouthful but the important point is the creation of a solution designed to make Exchange 2010 easier to deploy. This product is part of a set of four appliances that…

  • Where’s the 32-bit version of Exchange 2010?

    One question that Exchange administrators often ask me is how they can get a 32-bit version of Exchange 2010. Microsoft first moved Exchange to a 64-bit platform in Exchange 2007 but they also issued a 32-bit version to be used for testing purposes. The 32-bit version was also used for…

  • Does a suspended mailbox move request expire?

    A discussion on this point recently took place via the Exchange MVP mailing list. It doesn’t contain anything secret and I think it’s worth documenting for the benefit of others, so here goes… As you might know from this post or other sources, you can ask the Mailbox Replication Service…

  • Spring Connections 2011

    I’ve been attending Connections events for years, mostly since the demise of the late lamented Microsoft Exchange Conference (MEC). While MEC was an official Microsoft conference and so benefited from the Microsoft marketing muscle and access to engineers and program managers, it eventually foundered on the twin rocks of a…